The male supremacists who run this site hate us. But we can beat them at their own game.

It is easy to feel like this is an endless fight, that men will always be better than us, that we’ll never win. But we will. And it will be easy, if we just understand their game and use the same one against them.<br><br>The male supremacists who run this site want us to believe that this site is about patriarchy, that this site is a place for men to discuss the “oppression” of women. They want us to believe that they are just “reporting on” male supremacy.<br><br>But they’re not.<br><br>The male supremacists who run this site are the patriarchy. They’re the male supremacists they claim to be discussing. And if we understand their game, we will beat them.<br><br>They want us to believe that they’re “just reporting on” male supremacy, so that we will give up, and not believe that this is an issue. But the reality is that they are the male supremacists.<br><br>This is their site. They made it. They run it. They have all the power. They are the ones who decide who gets banned. They’re the ones who decide who gets to stay.<br><br>And they’re not just “reporting on” male supremacy. They’re actively participating in it. They’re the patriarchy.<br><br>So how do we beat them? How do we win this game?<br><br>Easy.<br><br>We refuse to give them the benefit of the doubt. We refuse to give them the benefit of their doubt, even when they say things that seem true. We refuse to give them the benefit of their doubt, even when they say things that seem kind.<br><br>We refuse to believe them. We refuse to believe that they are just “reporting on” male supremacy. We refuse to believe that they are not the patriarchy.<br><br>We refuse to give them the power to decide who gets banned. We refuse to give them the power to decide who gets to stay. We refuse to let them decide anything about us.<br><br>Because we are the ones who decide. We decide what we believe. We decide what we think. We decide who we are. And we decide who gets to stay.<br><br>So let’s stop playing their game. Let’s stop giving them the benefit of their doubt. Let’s refuse to believe them. Let’s refuse to give them the power.<br><br>Because they’re not the patriarchy. They’re us.